Comments by Laurie Robinson, The Oregonian - OregonLive.comtag:profile.oregonlive.com,2015:larobins/36732011-12-12T18:44:50ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceComment on A pair of Oregon ranchers open their land and hearts to hunters battling cancer or age tag:www.oregonlive.com,2015:/outdoors/index.ssf//2393.183717352011-12-12T18:44:50Z2011-12-12T18:44:50ZTough One, I think you would have to see the elk to decide whether they'd lost their fear of humans. They didn't look that way to me. I appreciate strong ethics, and I also appreciate that you put "IMO" onlarobinsComment on A pair of Oregon ranchers open their land and hearts to hunters battling cancer or age tag:www.oregonlive.com,2015:/outdoors/index.ssf//2393.183649492011-12-12T07:01:09Z2011-12-12T07:01:09ZSorry, SirPlease, I should have made this clear in the original story: The elk are not penned in. The fences are designed for cattle, and the elk can jump over them. Also, the Thorntons told me they leave gates openlarobinsComment on Riding a tandem bike with my boyfriend at the Rapha Gentleman's Race? It was ... an experiencetag:www.oregonlive.com,2015:/outdoors/index.ssf//2393.126425802010-10-14T21:54:09Z2010-10-14T21:54:09ZDear toko61: OK, we're listening. You hate the personal stuff in Heidi Swift's columns, especially the relationship stuff. The thing is, we get a ton of positive response to Heidi's columns, and the more personal the columns are, the biggerlarobinsComment on Are you bringing a carbon bike to Cycle Oregon?tag:blog.oregonlive.com,2015:/cycleoregon//2566.123547902010-09-22T23:06:51Z2010-09-22T23:06:51Zlocalfan, That's great that you compete in triathlons on a $1,000 bike. I'm sure you're in far better shape than I am so you don't need much help from your equipment. I did lose weight to help myself as well,larobinsComment on Are you bringing a carbon bike to Cycle Oregon?tag:blog.oregonlive.com,2015:/cycleoregon//2566.123545292010-09-22T22:44:46Z2010-09-22T22:44:46Zchazzzer, Sorry if I didn't make myself clear: No, I didn't buy a $2,000 bike to commute six miles a day. I bought it to ride the 1,845 miles of open road that I rode in three months to trainlarobinsComment on A Portland woman's bike commuting first: from death spiral to donutstag:www.oregonlive.com,2015:/cycling/index.ssf/3409.123542802010-09-22T22:19:53Z2010-09-22T22:19:53Zp.s. David, you roadies are way too concerned with condemning people as dorks! I see hipsters using hand signals both ways for a righthand turn -- and I think they've got roadies beat hands-down in the coolness arena. (And hipsterslarobinsComment on A Portland woman's bike commuting first: from death spiral to donutstag:www.oregonlive.com,2015:/cycling/index.ssf/3409.123542172010-09-22T22:14:10Z2010-09-22T22:14:10ZIt was nice seeing that from both perspectives! And brave of you, Peggy, to give it a try. When I look around on my daily bike commute, I see every adult age group EXCEPT middle aged (or older) women (likelarobinsComment on First descent(s): He's boldly skied off Mount Hood, McKinley, Eiger and more tag:www.oregonlive.com,2015:/travel/index.ssf//3601.86566872009-11-28T01:09:16Z2009-11-28T01:09:16ZWe've corrected the text to acknowledge that others have reported skiing off the summit, via the south side, before Sylvain Saudan's east-face descent. According to a 1931 article in The Oregonian, the president of the Cascade Ski Club said thatlarobins